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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2022
Applicant:

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);

Inventor:

Scott T. Christensen, Salem, OR (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G08G 1/096811 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to generating emergency vehicle warnings, automatic control of autonomous vehicles based upon the emergency vehicle warnings. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to generating data representative of emergency vehicle warnings and alternate autonomous vehicle routing based upon real-time information related to an emergency vehicle. The information related to the emergency vehicle may include emergency vehicle origination location data, emergency vehicle current location data, emergency vehicle route data, and/or emergency vehicle destination location data. An emergency vehicle warning and/or alternate vehicle routing for autonomous vehicles may be generated based further on information related to an autonomous vehicle. In one aspect, an emergency vehicle may wirelessly communicate with the autonomous vehicle and/or an insurance provider remote server. The insurance provider may adjust auto insurance for insured individuals, having vehicles with the vehicle safety functionality discussed herein, to reflect lower risk and provide insurance savings to customers.


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